Category Archives: Issues & Ideas

For all the hand-wringing about modern-day evils that face today’s teenagers — synthetic drugs, cyber-bullying, sexting and guns — here’s something that might surprise you: South Florida adolescents, compared to the teens of 20 years ago, are way more responsible. Like,...

Scores of Miami-Dade students were late to school Friday — and some briefly stranded at their bus stops — when hundreds of bus drivers declined to show up for work in an apparent protest over wages and benefits. It’s...

December 30, 2013During the last few months, Florida has received both good news and bad news about the achievement levels of its K-12 students from a series of national and international exams. The good news is this: Our elementary...

From Kendrick Johnson to Renisha McBride, too many young black people made headlines this year in the United States for news directly related to a tragedy. But there were some who did make headlines for good news. These young people made...

New data shows that, in a number of areas — teen pregnancy, violent crime and increasing gradation rates — black youths have made significant gains. Experts say it’s time that the perception matches the reality. Read more here

Social media is buzzing with fear and hysteria and the spread of anti-black sentiment. The proxy war for a host of racial agendas has a new rallying call. It is ‘the knockout game.’ For those who followed the so...

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